a/n: I've been having a hard time trying to find some gaasaku fics that were to my liking, so with a word generator I find myself with fifty different prompts. A fic mostly to help myself grasp my otp's characters and to simply make myself feel better, because what else is better than cute otp fluff? Post war!au, following the popular headcanon in which Sakura moves to Sunagakure to help out their medical system.

will be posted in five parts, holding ten prompts each.

fascination: it was a mutual relationship of learning and understanding each other. drabbles, gaasaku.

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i. simple

Tsunade had brought up the proposal when Team 7 just returned from one of their missions. Sakura stood in the center as Naruto and Sasuke respectively at each of her sides (they were clad in black and purple bruises, inflicted by each other and which Sakura had refused to heal), she was a bit astonished that she had been filed for continuous missions. The two beside her fidgeted uneasily, seeing as they did not have the same treatment. Her mentor cleared her throat, and rolled open the scroll and began to speak:

"Your assignment is rather simple, Sakura. If you give your consent, you are to leave for our allied Sunagakure and manage their medical system."

ii. reasons

Sakura had been more than willing to agree, seeing the opportunity as an amazing opportunity. Despite her eagerness, her team mates thought otherwise. They tried to reason with her, telling her she was better off staying in Konoha (which was a gigantic lie. Sakura was more than that, they just didn't want to let her go).

Naruto proposes that they should escort their kunoichi to the Sand. It hasn't even been more than a year since the war, and since Sasuke's return. Sakura was distant from him at first, but Naruto had tried his best to rekindle their past bonds. Up until now, the three of them were placed on missions together solely for making up for lost time. Despite not showing his disgruntled attitude towards this whole idea, Naruto knew he was rather against Sakura leaving. But Sakura deserved so much better than what she already had.

As they reach Sunagakure, he sees the Kazekage along with several councilmen and his siblings. For some reason, all the tense feelings he's been having wash away when he sees Gaara stand proudly in front of the crowds, eyeing them as they near. Usually, Naruto would have argued and continuously begged Sakura to rethink her decision, but he realized. This was for her, and all he wanted was her happiness.

He eyes Sasuke and smiles sadly, nodding his head. Sasuke is still unsure about the idea, but Sakura turns around to them and flashes them a warm grin, running up to them and giving them both an equally warm hug. She mutters a quick thank you and waves off, running towards the Sand people.

That was why they need to let her do this; her bliss was everything to them.

iii. burnt

Sakura stands in front of him, handing her first batch of reports in regards to the hospital and overall system from her first week. Gaara notices she's sun kissed, a bit redder than usual. He takes the scrolls from her and sees her winces as she tries to move her arms. He tries hard not to smirk, and writes a small note to tell Temari to help the mednin with her skin problems.

iv. avocado

Gaara tells her it's more ideal for her to live with him and his siblings instead of her having to pay out her own apartment. She's a bit reluctant at first, but she quickly settles in their compound. From then on, he finds their house to gradually be splashed with bits of colour.

He and his siblings are not home often enough to appreciate it all as a whole, but Sakura has slowly been leaving traces of herself around their house. Gaara finds himself standing in the middle of the hallway, eyes widened softly as he looks at his sister. His sister's face is clad in green, and Gaara sighs. Even to his sister's face, she makes a mark (Temari is groaning as she explains this amazing facial product Sakura has lent her, he and Kankurou could care less. What was in that stuff anyways?)

v. flush

She hasn't been lingering around the house long enough for Gaara to see her whatsoever. It worries him briefly, and his siblings simply say that she's just really busy with the hospital work. He decides to visit the institute, barging in with no consent as flabbergasted nurses and patients bow in awe as they witness their Kazekage stride through.

He walks into her office, and she doesn't realize he's standing by her. She's completely engrossed in her readings that a neighbouring nurse has to notify her of her… visitor. Startling Sakura, she mutters something naughty under her breath, but she turns to see him. Gaara notices she's not being victim by the sun anymore, but he does see that her face is dripping with exhaustion.

And the fact her face has become a darker shade of pink than her hair.

vi. citizen

Sakura learns almost every single one of her patients. She remembers them, and when she's walking in town she makes sure she waves and says hello to familiar faces. She doesn't understand why some teenage girls give her death menacing glares as she's walking home or to office to give Gaara her reports.

vii. homemade

Gaara finds that his siblings like to be at home, to be around each other, since Sakura has come. Gaara himself enjoys these moments (if not perturbed by heavy paperwork and council meetings). He even finds that they're eating more meals together. Temari was never the cook, instead Sakura has been doing majority of the culinary around the house (letting Temari help but Kankurou makes sure she's far from the stove when it really starts). Gaara realizes she fits perfectly, that she's brought them together and making them more into a family than they've ever had.

viii. guts

He isn't there to witness it, but he's filling out paper work when his brother barrels through his office door with a look of exasperation on his face. He looks up momentarily, as his brother tries to catch his breath.

"Sakurahadtodothisreallyimportantsurgery—" the tattoo clad man takes another big inhale of air "andsheliterallywasholding THE GUY'S INTESTINES OUT IN THE OPEN! IT WAS SO FUCKING GROSS." Kankurou sputters, falling to his knees still out of breath.

Indeed it was a graphic image to imagine the usual clean kunoichi to be covered in blood, but Gaara doesn't see what's wrong.

ix. reach

Gaara often exchanges mail with Naruto. In the past, Naruto has written a lot about the kunoichi who now resides with him. Naruto always explained how important she was to him, and how much she changed him. Gaara doesn't really understand what he means, and asks the fellow jinchuuriki if it was like their own friendship. Naruto doesn't respond directly, rather says he'll find out.

Before he has time to take out a new piece of parchment and a new brush, Sakura knocks at his door and welcomes herself in with a tray of assorted dishes with a shy smile on her face.

"You haven't eaten right? Temari and Kankurou told me you have a pretty rough workload…" With steady steps, she sits in front of his desk and places the tray onto her lap, tilting her head as she looks at him. "I help Lady Tsunade with her paperwork all the time—"blinking, she laughs softly "Well, if you want my help I mean". Gaara stares at the medical nin, and closes his eyes with contentment.

x. killjoy

With Sakura's help, Temari has been able to gradually cook more dishes. She gives her first dish to Kankurou who takes it (with a threatening glare from Sakura across the kitchen), and grins happily at his sister (even if it feels like acid has been poured down his throat). Gaara chooses to come into the kitchen, and before anyone has a chance to even move he deadpans at his sister and grumbles out a low;

"No."